The teachings of Neville Goddard have changed the world by
changing the lives of millions of people. He taught that the secret to making
your dream life is in your imagination and your beliefs about yourself and the
world around.
As opposed to most spiritual teachers who put an emphasis on
outward behavior, Neville placed his emphasis on inner change -that what you
think, feel and what you believe will build your outer world. His best-known
principle is the Law of Assumption according to which what you think is true
becomes what you are actually.
You can make love, riches, sickness, success and tranquility
by imagining it, believing it and persevering until you achieve it by altering
your state of consciousness. This paper will discuss the main principles of
Neville Goddard, the principles of the Law of Assumption, and the practical
applications of his wisdom in your life.
Who Was Neville Goddard?
Neville Lancelot Goddard was a born in Barbados in 1905 a
spiritual teacher and mystic. He went to New York City as a young man and
started studying the mysticism, metaphysics and the Bible in a deeper, symbolic
view. Neville spent decades of lectures and books teaching that the Bible is a
psychological drama and not a history.
All the characters and stories are something of your own
consciousness. He was of the opinion that God and existence of the human
imagination are identical.
According to Neville:
God is your excellent human fantasy. That is the power of
the universe that is creative. Here is the key to his work which is a simple
and yet revolutionary truth, you are the operant power, and your imagination
God in action.
Understanding the Law of Assumption
One of the deepest lessons that Neville teaches is the Law
of Assumption. It says whatever you suppose as true though it does not seem so
at the moment will one day become fact. That is, your inner assumptions are
reflected in life. When you think that you are winning, the world has to
restructure itself in order to make that assumption a reality.
When you believe that you are unlucky or incompetent, the
same things will happen to you accordingly.
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You do not get what you desire, you get what you
suppose.
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The Law of Assumption Major Principles.
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Assumption makes reality not hard work, chance
or effort.
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The secret is feeling - emotion is the stamp of
belief on your subconscious.
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And creation is imagination--whatever you
vividly imagine is already.
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Faith is perseverance You need to live as though
your wish were so.
Neville often said:
Take on the emotion of the desire being achieved and
continue with the take on until it turns into your reality.
Imagination: The Creative Power
Neville preached that it all starts in imagination. Ahead of
existence in the physical world, first existence must be in your mind, as an
idea or image. Imagination is not daydreaming, but spiritual seeing. You are
making new worlds in the invisible world when you work with imagination with
conviction that must one day manifest in the seen.
The Process
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Dream of a need - What is it that you want?
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Create a scene Imagine a brief mental image that
suggests that your desire is being met.
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Make it real -Introduce emotion, thankfulness
and faith.
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Persist - Live on the assumption till it occurs
of its own.
Neville said,
The imagination is reality. The most important illusion that
man has is his belief that causes other than his imaginative acts exist.
The seed is your imagination; the harvest is the outer
world.
The Role of Feeling
Feeling Is the Secret is one of the most popular books by
Neville. He was teaching that it is not what you say or want that the
subconscious mind tunes in to; it is what you feel. When you are able to
experience the reality of your desire in such a way that it becomes a fact,
then your subconscious mind accepts it and makes it a reality.
For example:
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Don’t just say “I am wealthy.”
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Experience the safety, happiness, and peace of
being already rich.
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Feeling relates thought with faith.
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Imagination will not be creative without emotion.
The Subconscious Mind
As defined by Neville, the subconscious mind is the womb of
creation - the invisible field where your assumptions sink. Tonight, when you
go to bed, your conscious mind slips down into your subconscious thinking and
influences the experience you will have tomorrow. This is why Neville attached
much importance to the state he fell asleep in.
He said,
That condition which you keep in bed will be the condition
you will encounter in the world. When you go to sleep when you are loved, you
will wake up loved. When you worry when you go to sleep you will wake up to
more problems. Before going to bed, then, always presuppose the emotion of the
desire accomplished.
The Power of Revision
A very striking practice that was introduced by Neville is Revision, which enables you to alter the past in your imagination. His
explanation was that the past lives only as memory - an image of the mind. When
you change that picture, you modify your current and future.
How to Practice Revision
1. When
thinking about your day, remember about something bad that happened.
2. Write it
in imagination just as you want it to have happened.
3. Feel the
new version as real.
4. Go to
sleep in that new sense.
Neville said,
Alter the past and you alter the future. There is no
fiction.”
One of the most expeditious methods to erase inner blocks,
dissolve trauma and get your consciousness in line with your preferred state is
through revision.
Living in the End
Live in the end is one of his most repeated orders that
Neville gives.
Living in the end is thinking, feeling and acting as though
your desire is already a gift.
You do not wait to have evidence, you make the sensation of
being fulfilled.
For example:
• Not to
think about being loved, but to think about being loved.
• Do not
fantasize about being successful — reason success.
The message that Neville gave when he was teaching is that
the connection between imagining, and manifestation is constructed by loyal
perseverance in your supposition.
By taking the sense of the desire that is being satisfied,
you have to turn your future dream into a reality.
Faith and Persistence
Loyalty to the unseen reality is what faith was to Neville
and was not the religious belief. Faith refers to living and feeling what you
want despite what your senses are indicating. The only thing that connects
fantasy and reality is perseverance. It is not that you will experience the
results instantly, but in case you continue with the emotion, life will adjust
itself so that what you were assuming will come into being. It will solidify
into reality lies, should you be true to your assumption. This is the key to
miracles, perseverance in inner faith in the face of outward contradiction.
Common Misunderstandings
1. It is not just Positive Thinking.
The Law of Assumption is more than merely positive. You do
not have to negate what is wrong, it is better to go above them by shifting the
state of consciousness.
2. You Do Not Force Manifestation.
You do not cause things to happen with willpower. You
presuppose and leave them to develop themselves under the bridge of incidents.
3. You Don’t Wait for Signs
When you really approach the end, you no longer look to see.
The evidence itself is the assumption.
Neville said,
There are signs, which come after, not before.
Live Applications of Neville Teachings.
1. Morning Practice
On waking say: I am the operant power.
• Imagine
that you have received your desire within 3-5 minutes.
• Gratefulness,
feeling the peace of already having it.
2. Mental Diet
Care what you think in the daytime. As soon as
negative inner conversations are observed, it is practical to substitute them
by affirmation of faith. You are in charge of what you talk to yourself
about - you have the choice of what you want to think.
3. State Akin to Sleep (Evening SATS)
Prior to sleep, achieve a trance. Think of a brief shot
which suggests that you have seen what you wanted. Get the feeling till it
feels like reality- and sleep in that feeling.
4. Revision Before Sleep
Revise mental-wise in case something unpleasant occurs
during the day. Suppose it had worked out as you wished. This purifies your
mind before you sleep.
Neville’s Most Famous Quotes
The following are some of the timeless teachings of Neville
Goddard that summarize his philosophy:
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Suppose the emotion of the desire accepted and
go on supposing.
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Imagination is a creation of reality.
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“Feeling is the secret.”
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When you transform your vision of yourself, you
will transform the world you live in.
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It is no one to change but self.
These statements are infinitely profound when taken
seriously.
Realization in Personality
Neville straight to the point is about identity
transformation. You need to make up your mind that you already possess what you
want. When you re-invent yourself in thought, everything in the rest
automatically changes.
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You don’t chase — your embodiment.
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This is what creation is all about.
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Bullet Summary: The major lessons of Core of
Neville.
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Imagination is God, thy creative force.
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What you imagine to be true becomes a reality.
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Feeling is the key to the manifestation.
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Live to the end, not to it.
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Faith and perseverance are needed.
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The subconscious mind forms on the basis of
assumption.
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Change your future and pass through revision.
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You are the operant power - not a victim of
reality.
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What Makes the Teachings of Neville Timeless.
The wisdom that was taught by Neville Goddard has never been
more relevant. His message restores people on the board with stress,
uncertainty and external distractions in the world. He said that the soul world
is the real cause and that it is only through this that you can transform your
fate. Imagination will allow you to be free of everything regardless of your
location or circumstances.
Conclusion
The teachings of Neville Goddard and the Law of Assumption
show that the creation does not occur outside of you - it starts inside of you.
Thou art the operant force, and fanciful the divine. When you get to know how
to take on the emotion of the desire you have been filled, your whole reality
changes to show it. So, start today. Choose one desire. Assume it is already
done. Experience the satisfaction of accomplishment and continue with such
supposition. As Neville said, “Dare to believe in the reality of your
assumption and watch the world play its part to express it.” Everything you
want already exists in imagination — all you have to do is assume it.